badbob;386877 Wrote: > You're wrong. Touchscreen only inputs suck, yes I've used iphone still > prefer hard buttons as well. Touchscreens are great if you want custom > size, custom icons/logos but for standard controls - navigation, > transport controls & numericals hard buttons win hands down. But if you > need lots of buttons on the touch screen - without annoyance of > scrolling through pages you need a large one, things like iphone are > useless. I'd say 7" minimum for touchscreen only remote. If you're used > Crestrons things like iphone seem like a toy. > > I hate scrolling or flipping around pages to get to what I want when > I'm in that activity already, I want major buttons available. For > example on my 850 remote DVD "activity" has the following buttons > without flipping pages > > Volume +/-, Mute amp > Eject, Audio, Angle, Subs, Skip/rev chapter, Menu, Title, Info, exit, > Up, Down, Left Right & select, Play, pause & stop, Numericals DVD > Aspect control TV > 4 sound modes - av processor > Lights > > Try doing that on a iphone, on one page, and being able to continue > watch TV whilst using the touchscreen! Try using a touchscreen without > looking at it :-) In a HT this is useful, although I understand for SB > not so (for example always looking at the screen if using web browser > for SB control)
I don't believe you that you can use a 26+ button remote without looking at it. No scrolling?? I have a small library with < 800 albums, but still... How? Radio stations: A few thousands... How? BTW. I didn't talk TV/DVD! I would never use an iPhone for controlling TV since it makes of course more sense to use the TV screen if you have to look at it anyway. That'S a completely different animal from what we are talking about here! When I listen to music I'm sitting at a desk/table, on a Sofa, lying in bed, cooking, shving, you name it. No way I want to carry around a 7" unit for that or that I want to run to a screen. I do agree that probably all of your "actions" above there would profit from dedicated buttons, however _I_ would profit from still being able to use the device. The main advantage of the Touch screen are: - you can scroll through lists fast, haven't seen _big_ touch screens that do that efficiently, though. The only other useful device for this is a scroll wheel. - you are flexible in your layout and thus can avoid menu levels or icons, both of which rapidly become confusing when used in excess. -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58492 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
